The Minaret - John Vanderslice

It’s the end of spring

And light hangs on

Dripping over geraniums

And humming bird wings

In the blaze of summer

We’ll tap our weapons out

To the cadence of a melody

They sang at Normandy

It won’t be

The same the again

And we’ll just walk away

It’s the end

We crossed on the ridge

And cut their women down

I climbed up on the minaret

And occupied the town

They scattered in the woods

To gather up their strength

Dripping blood on the road

And oh how the animals looked on

They all see how we’ve changed

All the rules of the game

I can see both sides

I can see both sides

I can see both sides

I can see both sides

I can see both sides

And it paralyzed me

An eye for an eye

Was a way to limit revenge

We’ve done away with all of that

Read how it all begins

It was written years before

Same name, same war

I can see both sides

I can see both sides

I can see both sides

I can see both sides

I can see both sides

And it paralyzed me

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